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12 Thursday <strong>August</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

News<br />

Protection for police dogs<br />

• By Andrew King and<br />

Sam Pickering<br />

SAFER: Senior Constable Lyal Bayliss and his dog Nox are the<br />

first in Christchurch to trial a specially-designed stab-resistant<br />

multi-purpose harness.<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

POLICE DOG Nox is the first<br />

in the city to trial a specially<br />

designed stab-resistant multipurpose<br />

harness.<br />

He is one of 10 dogs throughout<br />

the country who have been<br />

fitted with the Mako harness<br />

this week, which is layered with<br />

polymer panels to shield the<br />

vital organs from stabbing and<br />

slashing.<br />

Nox’s handler Senior Constable<br />

Lyal Bayliss said it was a great<br />

addition due to the nature of the<br />

work he and his partner get into.<br />

“It helps when he jumps over<br />

fences, goes into buildings and<br />

comes up against sharp objects,<br />

as well as protecting him against<br />

offenders who potentially have<br />

weapons,” he said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> robust design is made from<br />

mil-spec nylon and trelleborg<br />

material which does not absorb<br />

moisture and also gives the animal<br />

protection from blows and<br />

kicks, similar protection to an officer<br />

wearing their stab-resistant<br />

body armour vest.<br />

Senior Constable Bayliss is no<br />

stranger to offenders having a go<br />

at his dogs.<br />

“One of my first dogs, an offender<br />

tried to stab him with a<br />

craft knife,” he said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> harness, designed by<br />

Hamilton-based specialist Sabre<br />

Tactical NZ, weighs just over 1kg,<br />

meaning it won’t impair agility<br />

or speed, dries quickly and can<br />

be worn throughout a shift.<br />

<strong>The</strong> remaining 120 harnesses<br />

will be rolled out to dogs across<br />

the country within the next three<br />

months.<br />

Problem drinker figures<br />

fuel for bar owners<br />

• By Gabrielle Stuart<br />

NEW FIGURES showing people<br />

drinking at home cause more<br />

problems for police than those<br />

at bars, prove bars should not be<br />

closed earlier, according to their<br />

owners.<br />

More than half the Cantabrians<br />

arrested last year after<br />

drinking had been doing it at<br />

home, new police figures show.<br />

Fewer than one in five had<br />

been drinking in a public place<br />

or at a function.<br />

About 30 per cent could not<br />

remember or say where they had<br />

been drinking.<br />

Trevinos owner Marty Fuller<br />

is one of many bar and restaurant<br />

owners who have been<br />

fighting the proposed Christchurch<br />

local alcohol policy, which<br />

would force most bars, pubs,<br />

clubs and licensed restaurants to<br />

stop selling alcohol at 1am.<br />

<strong>The</strong> policy is due to be debated<br />

in a Ministry of Justice Alcohol<br />

Regulatory and Licensing Authority<br />

hearing in October.<br />

<strong>The</strong> figures backed up what they<br />

had argued all along, he said.<br />

“From day one, our submission<br />

has been that licensed<br />

premises are not the problem.<br />

Most are well-run, responsible<br />

premises, well aware of the law<br />

and our obligation under it.”<br />

He said the biggest problem<br />

came from people drinking a lot<br />

of cheap alcohol at home or in<br />

public and then causing problems.<br />

He believed shutting bars<br />

earlier would make that problem<br />

worse, as people would leave and<br />

roam the streets.<br />

<strong>The</strong> city council spent more<br />

than two years drafting up the<br />

policy, and more than 4000 people<br />

have made submissions on it.<br />

What do you think? Should<br />

bars be closed earlier? Email<br />

gabrielle.stuart@starmedia.<br />

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Of 4647 people arrested<br />

after drinking in<br />

Christchurch last year:<br />

•2456 said they were<br />

drinking at a private<br />

residence<br />

•1354 could not remember<br />

or police could not<br />

establish where the person<br />

was last drinking<br />

•792 were drinking in a<br />

public place<br />

•45 were at a private<br />

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